A differentiated PPT with three separate writing tasks. These writing tasks are designed to fit with the Pearson Edexcel Exam specification. The PPT includes a slide explaining how to ensure students gain the highest possible marks by listing success criteria. There are then three separate tasks: Entry Level 2 Entry Level 3 Level 1 Great for use in a single lesson, or to help show students the difference in difficulty between each level. I have used this with my SEN secondary Y7, Y9 and Y10 groups.

This is a task based on social media- it begins with a reading comprehension game based on a social media safety leaflet. Then there is a discussion portion of the lesson about social media and its various uses. Finally, the main part of the lesson is a writing task aimed at Entry Level 3 Functional Skills ability, but can easily be adapted to increase/ decrease difficulty.

This full lesson aimed at Entry Level 3/ Level 1 Functional Skills English students is designed to encourage and guide students to write a detailed email/ letter of complaint. The lesson includes an entry flag starter, a class discussion topic, links to helpful video clips which will generate discussion, and slides featuring awful holiday pictures with ‘brochure desriptions’ which do not match. This can take up to half an hour, which means that depending on lesson time, this could span two lessons, with the bulk of the second lesson including the writing task. The guided writing task is mirrored to the functional skills Entry Level 3/ Level 1 criteria and includes bullet points of information which students must include. This lesson was super engaging and students really went wild with their imaginations! I have taught this to MLD SEN Students ages Y9 - Y11.

A fun and engaging lesson designed to both teach students the key features of a flyer/ leaflet and explain how to successfully use bullet points for a list. These are both features in the EL3 Functional Skills English writing exam. There is also a separate task where students are asked to design a logo using AutoDraw (great free website!) The task includes a mini starter, starter (google simple club flyers for examples) logo design task and a main task with explanation. This will span at least two full lessons and my Y10/ Y11 SEN group loved it! Inlcuded is the full PPT with walkthrough.

In the Pearson Edexcel Lvel 1 reading paper, students are asked to find alernative words in a sentence which keeps the meaning the same. This guided PowerPoint helps them to use a dictionary to do this. The PPT includes an entry task, starter, explanation and guided ‘how to’ and an accompanying worksheet to consolidate learning.

A complete set of lessons including a written task, a reading comprehension and an off-site lesson idea for a visit to a charity shop. The pack includes the lesson PowerPoint, the RSPCA Newsletter as stimulus for the reading comprehension, a reading comprehension worksheet and an off-site charity shop scavenger hunt worksheet. All resources include learning intentions and engaging explanations! This is suitable for EL3/ Level 1 but can be easily adapted for EL1 and EL2 by adapting the writing task requirements.

The Reading Scheme is an exciting new reading initiative. The aim of the scheme is to encourage students to read more by asking them to complete ‘Quests’ - Each Quest comprises of 9 tasks which they must complete to ‘Level Up’ onto the next quest. The best thing about the Reading Quest is that the quests so not increase in difficulty of reading, but rather they increase with time and effort spent on each task. This is ideal for SEN learning such as MLD or SEMH provisions where students lack confidence in their ability to read, or may have a learning barrier that prevents them from ever being able to access a long, novel type text. The Reading Quest is designed to engage even the most reluctant of readers, with use of familiar/ game based language such as quest and leveling up. The tasks are a mix of reading based (read for two evenings at home in one week for 30 minutes), practical activity based (draw a map of a fictional place in a book, bake or cook a recipe inspired by a story or character.) or evidence based (visit a bookshop or library and have your photo taken there.) All students start on the first Quest, beginner bookworm, and are aiming to become a Master Reader (the fifth quest.) The download pack comes complete with all quest sheets, a bonus quest for the Easter Holiday, a staff training PPT, an assembly PPT to explain the quest to students, a set of printable bookmarks for each level, a display board kit with ‘level up’ bar, a title for your display board, example slides of how to set up your class display,

A full PPT which includes a fine motor entry task, a quick-fire reading comprehension based on a menu- I ask questions such as can you find a vegan option? how much is the most expensive sandwich? What is the ‘Cheeky Monday’ deal? I do this in a competition style by giving a point to whoever finds the answer fastest. There is also a writing task aimed at Entry Level 3/ Level 1. The task requires sudents to write an email enquiring about hiring the venue for a birthday party.